The Story of Johnson’s Island – Part 4 - Lorrie Halblaub
What was it like to be a prisoner on Johnson’s Island during the Civil War? Make no mistake, these former southern gentlemen and officers...
The Holmes Little Giant - Linda Higgins
Were you aware that once upon a time, Port Clinton was home to a giant, albeit a little one? In the early 20th century, George Hiram...
The Story of Johnson’s Island – Part 3 - Lorrie Halblaub
These writings are excerpts from the memoirs of Alice Coffin Arnold. Her family lived on Bayshore Road across from today’s causeway to...
Bootlegging in Port Clinton - Linda Higgins
Port Clinton has a reputation as a great tourist area due to its location on Lake Erie’s shores, but at one time in our history its...
The Story of Johnson’s Island - Part 2 - Lorrie Halblaub
After the first owner of Johnson’s Island, Epaphras Bull died in 1812, the 300-acre island was still known as Bull’s Island until the...
The Island House - Linda Higgins
One of the loveliest historic buildings in Port Clinton, the Island House has had many lives. The first Island House was located at the...
Places on the Peninsula - Lorrie Halblaub
The Story of Johnson’s Island-Part I Johnson’s Island is the only island in Sandusky Bay. Today it is part the Village of Marblehead in...
Conrad Gernhard - Linda Higgins
A multitude of illustrious figures, industrious individuals of great integrity and heart, are to be credited with building Port Clinton....
EARLY DANBURY-MARBLEHEAD PENINSULA TRANSPORTATION - Lorrie Halblaub
Automobiles The Marblehead Peninsula is a place that is geographically challenged. In most towns, if you want to drive a car north,...
Erie Gardens - Linda Higgins
Port Clinton boasts a large number of community clubs, private and public. One of the lesser-known clubs has a unique membership...
